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Tuesday 1
March 1892
Obituary - Mrs Maurice HARRIS
-
Mrs Maurice Harris died about 7 o'clock this morning at her husband's
residence on the North belt. The deceased lady was born in
Sydney,
NSW in 1836 and
was therefore 56 years of age ---- her maiden name
was Phillips and she was
married 38 years ago to Mr M.Harris with whom
she came a year later to Nelson, being the first Jewish lady to
settle
in the South Island of NZ ---------- leaves a
family of 5 daughters
and 7 sons. 3 daughters are married their
husbands being Messrs Louis
Caro, Charles Louisson, and M.Marks, 2 of her sons
are married. ------ a long column -
email for a copy.
Thursday 3
March 1892
Obituary - KERR
-
Mr Charles Kerr, owner of the property on the Chatham Islands
known as
Waitangi, died yesterday morning at Mrs Rowan's nursing
home, Durham
street, south. Mr Kerr was formerly a resident of the Halswell
district, but removed to the Chatham's some years ago.
------- He
leaves a widow and 5 children to mourn his loss. Mrs Kerr who is
an
invalid herself, arrived in Canterbury by the last trip of the Kahu.
Dunedin -
FULTON - Mr Harry Townsend Fulton, of
Dunedin, son of General Fulton, has
passed the examination for the Imperial Army, and goes Home at
once.
Friday 4 March 1892
page 4
Auckland -
MOFFAT - A young man
named Moffat, the eldest son of a resident of
Ngaruawahia, has been drowned in the Waipa river while bathing.
McMAHON - A man named
Martin McMahon was killed near Epsom today --of dynamite. --- was
a single man aged between 50 and 60
years of age.
Saturday 5
March 1892
Danevirke - Fire - page 3
The Hawke's Bay Timber Co fine mill at Tamaki was totally destroyed by
fir last night. Nothing was saved. The mill was insured.
Monday 7 March 1892
Totara Valley - gun Fatality - McCAA - page 4
James McCaa at Totara Valley on Thursday evening, McCaa who was
in the
employment of Messrs Fraser Bros,
------- a man named Paul Fraser
heard
the shot, ------- about 17 years of age, has
relations
residing in Timaru. an inquest will be held at Pleasant
Point this
morning.
Tuesday 8 March 1892
Auckland - page 4
ROBINSON - Gerald, a butcher who lived
at Raglan,
has been missing since Friday last. It is feared that he has been
drowned.
MURRAY - Mr W.A.
Murray, Piako, who formerly represented Bruce in
the House, has been missing since Tuesday. ------and had not
since been heard of.
NASH - James, 62
years of age, fell from the
breastwork at Quay street, onto the deck of a cutter moored there. and
was so badly injured
that he died. ----
Wednesday 9 March 1892
page 4
On Friday as Mr Adam HUNTER
was about to drive from Cust to
Christchurch, a mishap occurred through which he lost a valuable
horse. ----- our Cust correspondent says that on Monday
morning Mr
BEATTIE of Summerhill,
sustained a similar loss.
Thursday 10 March 1892
Marton - fatal accident -
HICKEY - an unmarried man, named Hickey, was
killed by a fall of earth on the Rangitira railway contract.
Friday 11 March 1892
Fatal accident - CHALMERS
-
Yesterday a man named James Chalmers, while working at a
threshing
machine at Chertsey, ---- he was taken to Ashburton
Hospital where
he died shortly
after his admission. He was 27 years of age.. email
for a copy.
GOLDSMITH -
Constable Hole telegraphed from Coalgate this morning stating that a
lad named George Goldsmith, aged 14, had this morning been
gored to
death by a bull
on Mr NAPIER's farm,
Wairiri Valley, an inquest will
be held.
Auckland - POYNTON
-
an Auckland telegram says an old Colonist, Thomas Poynton,
who
settled in NZ long before this country became a British Colony, and
lived at Hokianga when
the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, has died at
his residence at Lake Takapuna, at the age of 90 years.
Inquest - COULTER
-
Captain Preece, Coroner, held an inquest on the body of William
Coulter at the Royal George Hotel yesterday morning. Death
resulted
from heart and kidney disease failure and a verdict was returned
accordingly.
Saturday 12 March 1892 page 4
Inquest -
CHALMERS -
an inquest on the body of James Chalmers was held at the Ashburton
Hospital yesterday, ---------- the jury returned a verdict
of
accidental death, and added
a rider highly commending Mr James
Stewart
for his endeavours to save the deceased's life.
Napier - THOMPSON
-
a youth of 14 named Alexander Thompson, was drowned at Petone
today.
He was sent to throw something in the river, and must have leaned
on a
stump overhanging a deep pool, for the stump was found displaced
and
the boy's body in the water.
Monday 14 March 1892
Dunedin - MICHELLE
-
at Coal Creek Flat on Saturday, a miner named Thomas P. Michelle
----- Michelle is a married man with a large family, and very
little hope is entertained of
his being got out alive.
Tuesday 15 March 1892
Wellington - McKELVIE
-
The death of Mr John McKelvie, of Wellington, is announced.
Mr
McKelvie was a very old colonist, having arrived in Tasmania in 1836
-------he arrived in Wellington in 1853 and settled in the Rangitikei
district -------- email for a copy.
Napier - Fire -
Ferry Hotel -
The Ferry Hotel, Western Spit, was tatally destroyed by fire at
an early hour this morning. --------the fire commenced in the back part
of the house, and was discovered
by a milkman who was driving into town. It was impossible to save
the
building, but most of the stock in the bar was got out.
----- email for a copy.
Dunedin -
MICHELL - up to noon today the body of
Michell, the miner who -------- had not been recovered.
Lake Waihola - GENT
-
David gent, aged 13 years, was drowned in Lake Waihola on
Sunday
afternoon. The skiff in which he and another boy were out
sank.
Duncan the other lad, swam ashore, but Gent could not
swim, and sank
before assistance arrived.
Wednesday 16 March 1892
Reefton - drowned -
NAYSMITH - Mr James Naysmith, a well known
resident, was drowned today.
Wairoa Valley - inquest - GOLDSMITH -
an inquest touching the death of George Goldsmith, a
-----at Wairoa Valley on a Friday, was held on Saturday.
----- a long column - email for a copy.
Wellington - TODD -
a man named J.C.Todd, a saloon passenger, died suddenly on
board the
Takapuna during the voyage from Onehunga. He appeared to be in
very indifferent
health when he joined the steamer.
Thursday 17 March 1892
Timaru - obituary - BLACKMORE -
Mr Joseph Blackmore, who has resided in the Timaru district for
nearly
30 years, and was greatly respected, was found dead in his bed
yesterday morning by
his wife. -------------- an inquest will not be
necessary. ------ email for a copy.
Reefton -
NAYSMITH - James Naysmith, a well-known
resident, met his death by drowning this morning
-------- email for a copy.
Dunedin - MITCHELL -
the body of Thomas P. Mitchell, who was buried by a fall of earth
near
Roxburgh, was recovered by the rescue party yesterday. ------- email
for a copy
Friday 18 March 1892
Dunedin - Fire - NICHOLS, LECKIE -
Two attached shops, with dwelling-rooms above, at the North-East
Valley, were burned down at 3 o'clock this morning.
--------- and the
stock and furniture
of Nichols, one of the tenants, ------- Leckie
the other tenant was uninsured. ---- email for
a copy
Wellington - PERKINS
-
A young man, aged 18, named Joe Perkins, is
supposed to be drowned
in the Ruamahanga River, near Greytown He went to cross at
8am. His
horse was found, with bridle broken, on the opposite
side, ---- email for a copy
Death of child -
VAGUE - -------
an 8mths old child of Mr Vague, ganger at Moeraki railway
station, had died suddenly. -----email for a copy.
Saturday 19 March 1892
Dunedin - Fire -
ADMORE -
A carpenter's shop and dwelling at North Dunedin, occupied by Mr
Edward Admore, was burned down last night, through the
upsetting of a
kerosene lamp ------email for a copy.
Dunedin - CUMMICK -
John Cummick, an engine driver engaged at the Barewood
reef, is
missing since last Saturday. He should have returned to work at
2pm on
Monday. He was
a married man , his wife and family residing in
Dunedin.
Greenstone, West Coast - RYAN -
a sad disaster occurred at Greenstone on the West Coast last
Sunday,
when 2 children named Kate and John Ryan, aged respectively 6 and
4
years, were killed by a landslip at 12-30am. the father and
mother and
2 other children escaping by a miracle,
-------- lots more email for
a copy
Monday 21 March 1892
Westport - death of a journalist - TYRELL -
Mr John Tyrell, proprietor of the Westport Times and Westport
Star, died this morning of partial paralysis.
-------- email for a copy.
Death of an Old Colonist - STANTON
-
on Sunday morning, March 20 there passed away, ---- Maria
Ann, the
beloved wife of Mr John Stanton, of Summerfield, near
Amberley. Mrs
Stanton was a native of Smethwick, a suburb of Birmingham, and
arrived
in Canterbury with her husband and 2 children (boy and Girl) by
the
barque Rockhampton, in March 1857. ----------- Mrs
Stanton leave a
family of 2 sons and 5 daughters, all grown up, also a number of
grandchildren. ------- lots more -----email for a copy
Kaikoura - obituary - INGLIS -
Mr Henry Inglis succumbed to a fit of apoplexy today. He was an
old
resident of NZ, and nearly the whole of his time was spent here.
He
was an ex- M.H.R.
and a member of the Provicinal Council. He held the
position of Whip to the Stafford Ministry and was lately Master of the
Lodge at Kaikoura.
Tuesday 22 March 1892
page 3
Dunedin - Divorce - ARMSTRONG -
The court granted a rule nisi in the suit of Margaret Armstrong,
of
Scotland, v. Benjamin Armstrong, late steward of the
Union Co's.
Takapuna. The petitioner came from Scotland to prosecute the
suit, which was
based on a bigamous marriage contracted by the respondent with
Maud
Alice Mary Ramsey, dau.
of a stewardess in Dunedin.
Mr Thomas ACLAND's
Funeral -
there was a thoroughly representative gathering of commercial and
sporting gentlemen at the funeral of the late Thomas D. Acland this
afternoon.
---------- lots more - email for a copy
Wednesday 23
March 1892
Auckland - STOCK
-
Mrs Mary Stock, aged 23 years, wife of Mr Cecil
Stock, a settler
near Waiuku, was killed at Waiuku last night, by the
upsetting of a
trap. Mr Stock was married yesterday at Auckland and was
taking his
wife home when the accident occurred. The deceased parents are
named
Gerrard, and live at
Devonport.
Dunedin - divorce court - page 2
In the divorce court today, is the case of ARMSTRONG v ARMSTRONG
a
decree nisi with costs, was granted, to be made absolute
in 3
months. It appears that Mrs Armstrong has come into a legacy in
Scotland --------- email for a copy.
Wedding at Riccarton - MILLTON
- FORD -
Riccarton parish was en fete yesterday, the occasion being the wedding
of Miss Maude Ford, 3rd daughter of Mr John Ford,
to Mr
E.B.Millton,
of Birch Hill Station. --------- among the guests were
Mr and Mrs HARLEY, Mr and Mrs STAVELY, Mr and Mrs
CURRY,
Mr and Mrs
KIMBELL, Messrs BENNETT, BEADEL, HASSAL,
------------ the happy
pair left for Akaroa on their honeymoon trip
in the afternoon. ----email for a copy.
The case of ANDERSON
v ANDERSON, husband's petition, was ordered to stand
over.
Thursday 24 March 1892
Wellington - COMPTON
-
Mrs Compton, a resident of Wainuiomata, was thrown from a trap on
the
Hutt road last night and killed. her son who was in the veichle,
sustained severe injuries.
Petone - THOMPSON -
The woman killed at Petone last night is Mrs Mary Sandilands
Thompson,
aged 63, wife of Mr James Thompson, farmer at Wainui.
The accident
happened through the son driving off the road, and the mother falling
under the trap.
Correction - STANTON -
We have been requested to correct an error in the notice of the death
of Maria Ann Stanton, which appeared in our issue on
Monday. Mrs
Stanton's age was
given as 55 it ought instead to be 65 years of age.
Friday 25 March
1892
Shipping -
Port Chalmers - arrived - Tongariro, Captain BONE
- with 2262 tons of cargo, 13 mail bags and 50
passengers.
her dates are: London Feb 6th; Tenneriffe, Feb
11th; Capetown, Feb. 29; and Hobart,
March 21;
Saloon - Mr PAGE,
Second Saloon - Mrs CHAPMAN, Messrs E.
SEAGER and W. WILLIAMSON,
Steerage - Misses E. KING and GODD, Mr
and Mrs A. GODD, Mr J. GODD
480 tons of the cargo are for Lyttelton.
Divorce - BURGESS
v. BURGESS
Dunedin - REECE -
William James Reece, age 80 years, was found dead in his bed this
morning. ------ Mr Reece came from Christchurch to
Dunedin some time
ago.
email for a copy.
Auckland - inquest - STOCK -
at the spot where Mrs Stock, the newly-married bride, was killed at
Maukau, the work forming the road is in progress ------ at
the
inquest the jury censured the Maukau Road Board for having
neglected
to place a light at the cutting. a
longish column - email for a copy.
Saturday 26 March 1892
The Missing Child - CARR
-
the little girl Florrie Carr, who was missed from Sydenham last
Tuesday, has been found. She presented herself at the house
a Mrs
Donaghy at Rolleston,
whither she had walked. Her parent's home is at
Killinchy, and she was trying to make her way thither.
Obituary - JOYCE -
Miss Mary Joyce, sister of Mr Joyce, M.H.R. died from
consumption at
Port Chalmers yesterday evening. She was an old pupil of the Port
Chalmers school,
and matriculated with honour, taking a full D.
certificate. She was a teacher at the Wharekuri school.
page 4
Wellington - PERKINS
-
after a diligent search the body of a young man Perkins who was missed
last week, was found in the Ruamahanga river a long way down.
-----email for a copy.
Masterton - BLACKLER
-
the man Blackler, who has been undergoing treatment in the
Masterton Hospital --- has succumbed after lingering many
weeks ---- email for a copy.
Wednesday 30 March
1892
Melbourne - Bigamy - BELFIT - page 4
at the criminal sittings of the Melbourne Supreme Court on March
16,
Robert Belfit pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy, having been
married to Mary Jane Rearburn
by the Rev N. Kinsman, at Fitzroy on
June 30th 1888, his wife Louisa Elizabeth Belfit (nee
SMITH) whom he
had married at Palmeston, New Zealand on March 6th 1882,
being still
alive. ----- email for a copy.
Wellington - STEWART
-
a fatal accident occurred at the Fortymile Bush this morning. A
man
named Chas. Stewart, in the employ of Messrs Williams Bros. road
contractors on the Mangaone road, about 15 miles from Pahiatua,
------ the man is not known to have any friends in
the district. ----email for a copy.
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
9 October 2006
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